Center for Community Health Equity

07/21/2025

Our summer intern Rachel Shalit is helping CCHE complete our health equity review of articles for 2021.

Check out her graphic below which explains the article "Parental COVID-10 Vaccine Hesitancy in Chicago." The findings show that groups with the highest COVID-19 burden also had the highest levels of vaccine hesitancy.

Stay tuned for more health equity article highlights in the coming weeks!

07/15/2025

Our newest episode of Voices of Health Equity is now out! This time, we sat down with Dr. Ansuk Jeong, Assistant Professor of Psychology at DePaul University. She is internationally recognized expert in community psychology and psycho-oncology. Dr. Jeong shares insights from her global research on loneliness prevention, mental health equity, and cross-cultural healing.

Check out the episode here: https://soundcloud.com/cche-329796221/voices-of-health-equity-a-conversation-with-dr-ansuk-jeong

07/14/2025

CCHE has been up to a lot over the past few months! We recently put together a newsletter highlighting some of our recent events, resources, and accomplishments and we'd love for you to take a look!

Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gPsfZQcZ

Center for Community Health Equity

07/01/2025

“Exploring Connections between the Social Determinants of Health and Falls in Older Adults: Making the Case for Social Care Intervention as Fall Prevention" is focused on exploring how the social drivers of health influence the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults in Cook County, Illinois, and to examine whether integrating social care interventions can enhance falls prevention strategies. The study is part of the Falls Prevention Research Fellowship with the National Council on Aging and the US Administration on Community Living.



To be eligible, participants must…

Be at least 55 years old

Have had falls or have significant fall risk,

Must be fully able to consent without major cognitive impairment, and reside in Cook County.

Participants who speak English or Spanish may participate.

If you have any questions or would like additional information about the study, please feel free to contact Padraic Stanley, LCSW, at (312) 942-2089 or via email at Padraic_Stanley@rush.edu!

06/26/2025

A few of CCHE's affiliate faculty just published an article titled: Collaborators in Health: Redefining Research–Community Partnerships, Chicago, 2022–2024. The article focuses on how effective community-engaged research is critical for creating solutions to decrease the 10-year life expectancy gap between Black and non-Black residents of Chicago.

Please read the article below: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308082?role=tab

06/24/2025

We want to highlight individuals and community organizations who are focusing on health equity and belonging in Chicago. If you want to tell us about the work you're doing or want to share a friend or colleague's work, please comment the name or tag the page below!

Thanks for all you do in Chicago!

06/19/2025

Today is Juneteenth!

To celebrate this year, Block Club Chicago compiled a list of events honoring and celebrating such an important day in United States history. Check out the article below to learn more:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/16/juneteenth-2025-how-to-celebrate-in-chicago-this-year/

06/18/2025

Our latest podcast is out now!

Check out our recent conversation with Dr. Donna Kiel in our newest episode of the Voices of Health Equity podcast: https://soundcloud.com/cche-329796221/voices-of-health-equity-a-conversation-with-dr-donna-kiel

During our conversation, we learned so much about the RISE Framework and the importance of belonging in the education system. Let us know what you learned in the comments below!

06/16/2025

CCHE was excited to participate in a two-day Skill Building on Racial Justice Based Circle Keeping on Thursday and Friday of last week. We learned about the sacred nature and history of the circle, the importance of listening, and the skills and planning involved with planning a Rx racial healing circle.

Learn more about Rx Racial Healing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6hW5I38XJE

06/05/2025

Today & Tomorrow the University of Chicago is hosting the Chicago CARE Townhall!

Connecting and Aligning Research to Achieve Health Equity:

The University of Chicago invites academic researchers, clinicians, community health leaders, and other stakeholders to participate in the Chicago CARE (Connecting and Aligning Research to Achieve Health Equity) Townhall. This initiative is part of the Strengthening Pathways program—supported by a national consortium of private foundations led by the Doris Duke Foundation—uniting 18 institutions across the country in advancing health equity.

For more details about the initiative, please visit: visit https://voices.uchicago.edu/ccare/.

06/02/2025

Congratulations to The North Lawndale Employment Network on 25 impactful years! Their critical work on the West Side of Chicago has created job opportunities for many individuals who are returning from incarceration and others who struggle daily to make money to support themselves and their families.

Check out their origin story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrK1BMbOPPc

05/29/2025

On Juneteenth, Austin Coming Together will celebrate freedom and reclaim space. Please consider joining the Grand Opening of the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation—a new space created for Austin to dream boldly, build collectively, and aspire toward a future filled with opportunity. This celebration will honor Austin’s rich legacy of collaboration with a grand opening of a center designed to power the next generation of workforce development and innovation. Check out the invite below and register here to attend:

Freedom to Aspire: Grand Opening of the Aspire Center5500 W. Madison Street | Juneteenth 2025On Juneteenth, we will celebrate freedom, reclaim space, and ignite possib...